Emma Rhodes PhD
Operations Director
Emma joined Sterling in 2001 as a Development Chemist within the research and development (R&D) team before becoming a Laboratory Manager within that team. In 2016, Emma transitioned to project management to join the NPI team and worked within this team for a number of years. Following a period of time as Head of R&D, Emma then returned to project management and took up the position of Head of NPI in 2022. In 2025, Emma became Operations Director, Production at our Cramlington, UK facility.
Education
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University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2000, PhD, Organic Chemistry
Sterling Resources
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Making sense of early phase research and development August 2022
As the pharmaceutical industry continuously evolves, organisations increasingly aim to ensure that their API is ready for scale-up early in the development process.




